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#TCCBasketball: Eagles beat Gulf Coast State to punch ticket to title game

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LUBBOCK, Texas (March 23, 2018) - Tallahassee Community College will play for the women's basketball national championship on Saturday evening in Lubbock, Texas. 

The 11th-seed Eagles advanced to the championship final with a 78-68 victory over two-time defending national champion and No. 2 seed Gulf Coast State College in Friday's semifinals of the NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship. 

This marks the first championship game appearance in school history for the Eagles. 

Tallahassee will play eight-time national champion Trinity Valley (Texas) Community College at 8 p.m. eastern. 

Japonica James scored 25 points to lead Tallahassee on Friday.